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Watch chain of faceted jet beads on a metal chain with spring ring and watch clip.
fobs
accessories
watches
CHAIN, WATCH
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
1815
Unknown
1/8 in (W) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.3054
For more information on jet jewelry and imitations see Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910" v. 2 (1991): 657-709; Cooper, Diana and Norman Battershill, "Victorian Sentimental Jewellery," (1972): 19-30; Dawes, Ginny Reddington and Corinne Davidov, "Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures," (1991): 125-130; Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 125-126, 254-256; Phillips, Clare, "Jewels and Jewelry," (2000): 94-95.
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